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Report of Tuberculosis Office)—continued.
Notes on Table of Notifications.
Of the cases first known of from the death returns, four were
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. In one of these the diagnosis was only
established as the result of the post mortem examination; one
was an asylum case and two died in hospital. The two non-pulmonary
cases were general tuberculosis and tuberculous peritonitis
respectively.
Of the cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified after death, four
were notified from hospital. The non-pulmonary cases posthumously
notified were meningitis cases dying in hospital.
Of the cases notified for the first time during 1931, 37 died
during the year, viz., 31 pulmonary and six non-pulmonary. Of
the latter, three deaths were due to meningitis, two to abdominal
tuberculosis and one notified as tuberculosis of the ribs. As regards
the 31 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis, almost all the patients
died in hospital or had been in hospital up to a short time before
death. Of these—
10 died within 1 month of notification.
14 „ „ 2 to 4 months of notification.
4 „ „ 6 „ „
3 „ over 6 „ „